Exercise guru and gay minstrel act Richard Simmons is about as grating as it gets, but you gotta hand it for being loyal to his signature style.
He’s been sporting the same workout look since he jumping-jacked into the public eye forty years ago.
Sweating to the oldies!
Up until age 10, you can get away with wearing a cute Halloween costume.
After that, you look really corny. As an adult, sexy and sinister is where it’s at. (Listen up all you 11-year-olders!)
Hoods are perfect for achieving a kinky holiday look, and they can be paired with virtually anything, from a business suit to a ballerina tutu. Behold these fetish-gear masterpieces from Slick it Up.
OMG, it looks like they’re on sale!
Yakked with Lady Bunny last night about her cabaret show (extended through November) and the recent party she attended at Studio 54, a high-profile SiriusXM Radio event meant to evoke the wild disco era.
No surprise that it fell short. (Many party goers weren’t even dancing, says Bunny, who kept to the theme by bringing poppers.)
Oh well, better to relive Studio 54 via old photos, including this 1979 after-dark Halston advertising spread (scanned from my ancient files).
A model portrays Halston, and is that “first supermodel” Janice Dickinson on the far left in the top photo? Other Halstonettes include Karen Bjornson, Pat Cleveland, Sterling St. Jacques and Roseanne Vela. Disco!
Ignore the low prices for these fetching outfits from “Apres Noir,” makers of fine lingerie for men. The images are from a catalog I picked up over a decade ago, and, anyway, the company no longer exists.
More power to the model!
The job was definitely unusual, yet he stepped up to the challenge with grace and confidence.
I assume he’s since retired from modeling. Do you think once in a while he pours himself a glass of Chardonnay and slowly flips through the catalog as he relives his days of satin and lace?
Duh-duh-da-dahhh! Announcing a new regular feature: Faggy Fashion Fridays, showcasing the best and worst in homosexual attire!
Our debut ensemble is a sexy fetish look, the kind that only gay men dare to wear—at least in public!
The image (which I’ve held on to for decades) is from the long-gone gay porn magazine In Touch (not to be confused with the celebrity gossip rag of today), which intriguingly used to include out-on-the-town coverage of the down-and-dirty punk music scene.
I love this punk-meets-leatherman look! Hot!
The caption reads:
BACK OF THE MONTH: Here’s proof that you don’t have to undress to be sexy: bass guitarist Bruce Moreland, formerly of Wall of Voodoo and currently of Nervous Gender, strutting his stuff at Jack Marquette’s Phenomenon in downtown Los Angeles. Yes, Bruce is cute from the front too.
Bonus! Here’s another page from the same issue of In Touch.
The caption reads:
ABOVE LEFT: Gordon Gand demonstrates that a bunch of boys can call their group Violent Femmes and still get booked. ABOVE RIGHT: Ridgway demonstrates that you can break up your group (Wall of Voodoo) at its peak of popularity and survive; Ridgway’s is the haunting voice on Stewart Copeland’s “Don’t Box Me In” hit from Rumble Fish. BELOW: El Duce of the Mentors demonstrates that you can hide your pretty face as long as you surround yourself with people less modest than yourself.
